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10 YEARS AGO '
Mar 30, 1942
(It was Saturday)
Jackson county Sheriff Syd I.
Brown starts organization of
group for special guard duty "in
connection with the war effort."
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Savants are
trying to determine why the
sky Is blue scientifically. Ona
wouldn't know, but the way the
world is acting, one can't blame
the sky.
10 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1932
(It was Monday)
Civil war veterans marching
In Memorial day parade here in
dude . William- Colvlg, Frank
Mendoz, J. C. Wood, Augustus
A. Tylee and L. P. Hubbard.
Howdy Wilcox wins 600-mlle
automobile race at Indianapolis
with average speed of 104.144
miles an hour.
10 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1922
fit Wll TllfteHnvi
More than 200 students receive
diplomas In county-wide com
mencement exercises in Ashland
Chautauqua building.
Memorial flag raising cere'
monies at Sacred Heart hospital
include talk by Hob S. Deuel and
prayer led by Col. W. H. Paine
American Legion chaplain.
40 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1912
(It was Thursday)
Dawson wins Indianapolis
speedway auto races at average
speed of 78.9 miles an hour for
BOO miles; Ralph DePalma
breaks 100-mile record; Eddie
Rickcnbacker forced out of race
by tire trouble.
Local anglers plan to test new
state law closing Rogue river to
commercial fishing.
Sen. Morse Asks
Investigation of
Incidents at Koje
Washington (U.P.) Sen.
Wayne Morse has called for an
on-the-spot Investigation by
some members of the Senate
Armed Services Committee of
the Koje Island prison camp
disturbances.
The Oregon Republican,
member of the committee, told
the Senate Thursday that "we
haven't gotten to the bottom yet
of the Koje problem."
Action Said Wise
He said disciplinary action
against three general officers in
volved was "exceedingly wise,"
but "we shouldn t consider it
closed Incident."
Brig. Gens. Francis T. Dodd
and Charles F. Colson were
broken to colonel, and their Im
mediate superior, Brig. Gen,
Paul F. Yount, was reprimanded
Morse revealed it was he who
requested that the three officers
be brought here for questioning
by the Armed Services Commit
tee. Committee members agreed
at a closed meeting last Friday,
Army Secretary Frank Pace
Jr., assured the group that Dodd,
Colson and Younl would b re
turned to testify.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Casey Park Change Protested
AoHnn nf the starts Viio-hwnv rnrnrnissifin'a nnrVs
division in opening Casey State Park to overnight
camping is drawing vigorous protest from organiza
tions and individuals in the upper Rogue vicinity.
"OREGON has over 180 state parks, in all parts of
the state, in which are provided parking space,
picnic tables, cooking facilities and rest rooms for
picnickers and the passing motorists. This year, the
highway commission decided to open the parks to
even greater use by permitting overnight camping
in 32 of them, including the beautiful and much
visited Casey State Park which is located just a few
miles above Trail on the Crater Lake highway, 30
miles from Medford. Under the commission's plan
camping will be limited to one week and a charge of
75 cents per night is to be assessed.
e e e e e
THE Upper Rogue River
faoi'lanfa ViiietnAaaman
interested in the area, has
McKay, the state highway
mission's parks division, setting forth the opposition
to the overnight camping project, the letter stating
in part:
"Casey State Park has for many years been the chief
picnic area for this section of southern Oregon and north
ern California. It is particularly and uniquely well suited
for picnic purposes and is always heavily patronized.
"Investigation shows that areas for trailers and campers
have, or are being developed by private interests and suit
able places exist further up the Rogue river which could
be developed by the state.
"Without exception, people of this section are 'up In
arms' In rdgard to this proposed action by the state depart
ment and they definitely' do not wish to lose their best
picnic place.
"We urgently request that your department reconsider
the proposal in question."
According to Carroll D. Watson of Shady Cove,
who is secretary of the Upper Rogue River associa
tion, the Shady Cove Rotary club and Grange chapters
in that section are also entering official protests
against the state's plan.
A resident of the Trail
out to The Mail Tribune that Casey Park, being rela
tively small and lying between the River and the high
way, would not be able to accommodate campers ana
trailer houses and still leave room for "the amazingly
large number of people who bring their families and
friends to enjoy a day's outing there."
e e e e
TF CASEY Park were located in a more isolated spot,
where privately operated campgrounds, motels
and other improved accommodations were lacking,
the state s action would be more understandable. Ihe
fact is, however, the Rogue's bank is dotted with such
place? or many miles between Eagle Point and Pros
pect, and rates are reasonable enough to permit their
enjoyment by even the most conservatively budgeted
travelers and vacationers.
Inasmuch as it does not
mediate and pressing need
and trailer house facilities, it might be advisable for
the state to continue to restrict the present Casey
Park boundaries to picnicking only, as it has in the
past, until a thorough investigation can be made.
If - such an investigation proved that privately
maintained camping accommodations are inadequate
and that more should be installed, it would be time
enough then for the state to enter the picture. Pos
sibly, additional land could
present park for development as camping grounds,
leaving the picnic area unchanged.
e e e e e
PASEY Park and Tou Velle Park, the latter several
rrtiloa rlnwn tVto vivrsv
lar spots on the Rogue,
holiday throughout the summer by picnicking families
and other groups. They are
are thoroughly appreciated
visit them. For the state to
detract from their attractiveness would, we believe,
be a serious mistake. E.C.F.
Thoughts for Memorial Day
I stood in the midst of
lay on a gently sloping hill. Far to the left and far
to right and up to the crest of the hill and beyond
were row on row of white
ing like a guard of honor
it bore.
You can read about
one, or a score or a hundred
or that and it's just another
stand in the presence of
many crosses and not be
war.
XH0 were these young
TT come from? What were their hopes, their am
bitions, their goals in life? Where did each one meet
his tratric fate and why, WHY did he have to die
Questions, but no answers. An emptiness inside
ard nothing to ease it. Then a prayer for peace, a real
peace, a lasting peace, springs to the lips. But no
words are spoken. Peace can be prayed for but this
alone is not enough. It must be worked for. And as
never before the individual responsibility for peace,
surges within. The promise to live better, to strive
harder for a better world, fills the heart These men
must not have died in vain.
And they will not, if in
"fomise be kept. The California Commentator.
WEATHER
Br United Press
North California: Fair through
Saturday except local coastal
fog; little temperature change;
northwesterly winds 12-29 mph
offshor.
Friday, Mr so, usi
association, composed of
to n ava nrA onn'fomon
written Governor Douglas
commission, and the com
neighborhood has pointed
appear that there is inv
for additional camping
be secured adjoining the
nro twn nf rrto mnaf. nnnn.
crowded each evening and
well kept and inviting and
by the thousands who
do anything which might
a military cemetery that
crosses, each cross stand
for the man whose name
men dying in battle, about
beiiio killed in this place
news story. But you can't
those crosses those many,
appalled at the fruits of
men? Where did each one
your heart and mine that
Kelso l.R) Marine Pfc,
Edwin Eugene Hanley, 22, Fri
day faced a mandatory prison
term of a maximum of 20 years
In the Washington state peniten
tiary for the slaying of a 53 ycar-
old Longvlew school teacher,
Cross town
"I'm geitln' Murkey ready for
more toilet water or stuff
On The Side
(Distributed bv King
Who Is this country's young
est great-grandmother? Mrs. Ce-
lina Belcourt, of Seattle, was a
great-grandmother at 49. She
was a grandmother at 32. A mo
ther when 15. Mrs. Belcourt is
now 76 and a great-great-grandmother.
She has five children,
twenty - seven great-grandchil
dren and nine great-great-grand
children. Incidentally, though
married when 14, Mrs. Bel
court's marriage was a great suc
cess. It lasted for sixty years,
ended only by her husband's
death.
Get It Right
So you studied Biblical liter
ature in college," writes a Bos
tonian. "Your old professor
should be ashamed of you. You
refer to 'Jonah and the Whale.'
From the Bible, Jonah 1-17, I
quote 'Now the Lord had pre
pared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah.' Nothing was said.about
a whale. Get it right!"
Sidelights
A tortoise can travel four
miles in an hour. It takes a snail
four hours to go one mile. So I
note it stated. I doubt those fig
ures. 1 11 have to get one of those
Milwaukee checker-uppers to
get a tortoise and a snail and
check on it ... A Seattle sub
scriber who rolls his own says
he can make thirty-two cigarets
from one 10-cent bag of cigaret
tobacco .... In Fairbanks, Al
aska, haircuts are now priced at
$2.50. In fixing this price the
Fairbanks tonsorlalists attribut
ed it to the high cost of living
and doing business in Alaska.
Among the Married
An expert on the intricate
subject of life among the mar
ried says that many wives make
no effort to create a peaceful after-dinner
atmosphere for a
hard-working husband. He says
the wives are not cheerful en
ough. They do not try to make
their loving husbands comfort
able. He expresses himself as
strongly opposed to husbands
drying dishes. He suggests the
husband be made comfortable
and that the wife then go to
wash the dishes and while so do
ing she should sing. This will, he
says, show her husband she is
happy and loves housework.
Keep this In mind, lady. After
dinner have your husband seat
ed comfortably and then serve
him coffee. After that you go do
the dishes and during that task
sing "I'm Forever Blowing Bub
bles." Or some similarly appro
priate tune.
Horses k Women
The arguments provoked by
the claim that gentlemen prefer
blondes are endless. Now comes
statistician who states most
men definitely prefer brunettes.
That of 46,000,000 men queried
43 per cent preferred brunettes,
23 per cent blondes and 12 per
cent redheads. The rest couldn t
make up their minds. I strongly
question the accuracy of this re
port and our Horses & Women
experts Join me in so doing. It
may rje mat Drunettes are pre
ferred to blondes, but to say
both are preferred over red
heads is ridiculous. Everything
indicates that Insofar as male
preference is concerned the red
heads top the list. Only 7 per
cent of women are red haired.
The brick-tops, especially those
with brown eyes, are hard to get 1
and hard to hold. A man who '
has kept a red haired wife con-
tented for over six years should !
get a medal. !
Please Not !
Some years ago there could be 1
frequently seen strolling down j
Broadway a distinguished look- j
Ing man In formal evening dress.
He featured an opera cloak and
silk hat. Also carried a cane. He
attracted much attention. When
he neared you his shirt front
lighted up and displayed an ad
vertisement. Yesterday I saw a
beautiful young woman dressed
in Civil War style. She carried
a parasol. She too, attracted
much attention. When you near-,
By ftofond Co
the dog show. If you got any
around, 1 11 be needin it.
By E. V. Durling
features Syndicate, Inc.)
ed her it was revealed that her
parasol carried an advertise
ment. Time marches on, but
some of the old ideas are still go
ing strong.
It is said of that charming
actress, Jeannie Crain, that she
knows exactly what she wants,
And what she wants she rarely
fails to get. "I want to have six
children," said Jeanne when
married to Paul Brinkman in
1945. That Jeanne will have that
wish realized there seems to be
no doubt. She already has four
children. She is the second most
prolific mama among film stars.
The leader is Maureen O Sulli
van, mother of eight children.
What Other
By Charles A. Sprague, Editor
Oregon (Salem) Statesman
The best victory for good gov
ernment recorded in the Oregon
elections last week was in the
nomination of Walter Nunley,
young Medford lawyer for Dis
trict Attorney of Jackson county,
over the incumbent Paul W.
Haviland. I should add that it
was a victory for Bob Ruhl, edi
tor of The Mail Tribune, who
did a most effective job In edi
torial support of Nunley.
The issue was the non-enforcement
of gambling laws, which
was alleged by Nunley. After
Nunley took his stand, promising
strict law enforcement Ruhl
wrote his initial editorial on the
theme that this is "a government
of laws and not of men." Noting
that this venerable doctrine was
frequently mouthed with par
ticular reference to national af
fairs he invited attention to Its
local application, and called "all
good men to come to the aid" not
of party but of principle and
support Nunley.
Did "all good people" come to
his aid? They did not. Instead
many df the "best people" went
after Ruhl for endorsing Nunley
and opposing the incumbent. The
latter issued a statement to the
effect that whenever complaint
was brought to his office of law
violations he would proceed to
enforce the law. It was a matter
of common knowledge, however,
that private clubs had plenty of
iron bandits operating, using
their share of the take from
these Illicit devices to pay for
club operations. Nunley publi
cized the facts; but still many of
the best people defended the
old custom of robbing the suck
ers via these bandit machines.
The crushing blow came on
the eve of the election when Edi
tor Ruhl poured out the evidence
that he had collected to prove
that the laws were not being en
forced, that it was the duty of
the district attorney to ferret out
crime and not wait for persons
to come and file complaints. He
quoted, without naming them
high state officials both as to
local conditions and local re
sponsibilities.
The result? Nunley 6,969; Hav
iland 4,789.
In his comment after the elec
tion Ruhl paid his tribute "not
to the Big Shots, not to the Up
per Brackcteers, not to the
Board of Directors but to the
small very small stockhold
'SUN LAZE" at
Mill Mar Lodge
lltei
Sweefiand Election
Committee Reports
$1826 Expenditure
Salem (U.R) The committee
campaigning for reelection of
Monroe Sweetland, Portland, as
national Democratic committee
man from Oregon spent $1826.98,
the listing in the State Election
Bureau showed Friday.
Mike M. De Cicco, Portland,
who unsuccessfully opposed
Sweetland in the May 16 pri
mary, spent $327.23.
Gladys M. Dunbar, treasurer
of Lillian M. Burton for Demo
cratic National committeewoman
for Oregon, spent $195.93.
Walter Norblad, Astoria, can
didate for the Republican nom
ination for reelection as repre
sentative In Congress from the
first Oregon district, spent
$209.60.
Giles L. French, Moro, spent
$671.26 in his campaign for He
publican nomination for repre
sentative in Congress from the
second Oregon district.
Lamar Tooze, chairman of the
Newbry for Secretary of State,
spent $1336.98 in behalf of Earl
T. Newbry for Republican nom
ination for reelection. Newbry
was without opposition in the
primary, as was Edith Green,
Portland, Democratic nominee
for secretary of state.
W. A. Johnson, Grants Pass,
spent $124.08 in his campaign
for Republican nomination for
state senator from the 7th dis
trict, Josephine county.
Thomas E. Griffith, secretary
of George Stadelman for sen
ator, spent $991.84 in behalf of
Stadelman for the Republican
nomination for state senator
from the 16th district, Hood
River and Wasco counties.
Frank C. Robinson, Oregon
City, spent $275.93 in his cam
paign for Democratic nomina
tion for Clackamas county dis
trict attorney.
. Pickett, who lives in Coquille,
spent $236.26 himself.
Editors Think
ers, the plain, untailored rank
and file, In this community and
surrounding territory."
He extended his congratula
tions to "just the plain, straight-
shooting honest - to - God guy
and his wife and family who
go to the polls and vote for the
right as they see the right, re
gardless of what their neighbors,
their papers or their superiors
may say.
I would add congratulations
to Bob Ruhl.
The country has been shocked
with revelations of corruption in
the federal government and
crime in the big cities. The
watchword now is to clean out
the rascals. Before turning the
hose on Washington, citizens
first should make sure the home
stables are In decent shape. A
great deal of progress has been
made in recent years in driving
out the slot machines and pin
balls. The job can be done any
where if the officials are honest
and alert, and if the people give
them the right support at elec
tion time and In between elec
tions. Pickers To Be Needed
Salem U.R) Thousands of
pickers will be called into Ore
gon's strawberry fields during
June for what looks to be one
of the largest harvests the state
has experienced, the State Em
ployment Service said Thursday.
Reports from its 28 local offi
ces received by service head
quarters here said from 50,000
to 60,000 workers will be need
ed to cover 17,000 acres at the
height of the picking, about mid-
June.
Court Records
POLICK COURT
M. Lucille Larson, expired motor
vehicle license. $S.
Octle Ella Dodson, failure to atop
as slop sign. ao.
DISTRICT COURT
Robert W. Kimbrell, overiength load,
court costs only.
Alexandria Smith, passing with in
sufficient clearance, $10.
Jack R. Wnldmann. overload. $20.
Patsy L. Huckaba, no operator'a li
cense, $6.
Robert L. Vonder Hellen. overload,
$42 so.
Anthonv W. LUlvwhite. ovprlnari
$77.
CIRCUIT COURT
Betty M. Sebrlng vs. Clarence ft.
Sebrlng. waiver of defendant In di
vorce case.
La Jean Pence vs. Harold Pence, dl.
vorce complaint.
Elva Jean Fykerude vs. Kenneth
Melvln Tykerude. divorce complaint,
waiver of defendant and divorce de
cree.
Protiate Department
Estate of Charles N. Trahan. tran.
script from Umatilla county.
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Fascism and Nazism
Said Far From Dead
Br PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
When Italian partifans hung
Mussolini by his heels from a
Milan filling station and Adolph
Hitler died m
a tunelled
hideout be
neath his
most of
us had the
naive thought
that we were
through with
Fascism and
Nazism.
ThA v a a P fl
II L. LI K't.-nm J
since 1945
have brought many disappoint
ments and now we can add
couple of others to the list .
Fascism and Nazism are far
from dead.
Not long ago a German wit
ness before a U. S. congression
al committee in Germany began
testimony with the Nazi salute.
Direct Intuit
It was a direct insult but no
body paid much attention in
the press of other business. Be
sides, it could be written off as
a momentary bit of bravado.
Much more concrete evidence
comes from Italy where Pre
mier Alcide de Gasperi's center
coalition won a hollow victory
in Italy's local elections over the
Communists on the left and the
Monarchists and neo-Fascists on
the right.
Vote Increases
The Movimento Sociale Ital-
iano(MSI) which picked up Mus
solini's bag of political tricks,
this year also picked up 28 per
cent of the Italian vote as op
posed to only two per cent In
1948.
Fortunately, up to now, neith
er the Fascists in Italy nor the
Nazis in Germany have a real
leader.
In Italy, the closest thing to
i
Morris Charged With
Questionable Role in
Surplus Tanker Deals
Washington (U.R) Senate
investigators charged Thursday
that Newbold Morris played a
major role in "questionable and
in some instances illegal prac
tices" in surplus tanker deals by
Chinese-financed companies rep
resented by his law firm.
The recently-fired corruption
cleanup chief was a principal
target of a 40-page report by the
Senate Permanent Investigating
Committee on Its inquiry into
big profits in surplus tanker
transactions by a group headed
by former Rep. Joseph E. Casey,
iJ-Mass.
Tax Evasions' Found
The report, filed with the Sen
ate by Chairman Clyde R. Hoey,
D-N.C., said the committee found
instances of "tax evasion" in
some of the Casey tanker deals,
"violations of the civil provis
ions" of shipping laws, and "ac
tivities which violated the spirit,
and in many instances, the actu
al letter of the law."
The committee recommended
"prompt and vigorous" action by
the Justice Department on law
violations and by the Internal
Revenue Bureau to recover tax
evasions by some of the corpora
tions involved in operations of
the ships.
Hoye said both agencies are In
vestigating. Profit Grabbing Charged
The committee accused the
Casey group of "profit-grabbing"
In violation of the spirit of mari-
Record Trove Year
Expected in Oregon
Salem (IIP1 c.omfnn. n ci.i.
-i-w.Mii wi tsiaic
Earl T. Newbry said Thursday
that It looks like a record year
for summertime travel in Ore
gon.
April gasoline sales topped
those in April a year ago by
1,500,000 gallons, his survey
showed.
April gasoline consumption to-
io,tu i,ojo,dio gauons, up is
per cent over March snip anH n
new record for the month. Motor
vehicle fuel ta VP, ffrneswl -
840.196, of which about 11 per
cent will De returned to non
highway users in the form of
reiunas.
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YTHaU DAT 9 1
PURPLE PIG Al
MONDAY ... II
HOT LUNCH ?
But I prefer Salad . . .
Then after the 1:00 o'clock
show, we'll stop and have
a cheeseburger and milkshake.
BEY'S
PURPLE PIG
403 East
X
it is Augusto de Marsanich, nati
onal secretary of the MSI. He
runs a tight organization, wortcs
skillfully at building a network
throughout Italy ana earned tne
credit for the strong MSI show.
ing in the municipal voting.
But he is no spellbinder, no dy
namic leader, and his aping of
Mussolini's gestures, tones and
oratory is but poor mimicry.
There are reasons for the Fascist
comeback.
Italy hasn's been able to do
much about unemployment and
which remains about 2,000,000.
The "poor South," traditional
ly Monarchist and rightist in
views, finds kinship in the MSI
which shrewdly praises the de
funct monarchy. Many indus
trialists who grew fat under
Mussolini's rule, see in the MSI
an instrument in the fight
against the Communists who, in
turn, control Italy's strongest
labor organizations.
Attention Turned
Young people discouraged by
the lack of jobs, an insecure fu
ture and what 'seems to them
a loss of Italy's international
prestige, turn personal bitter
ness and nationalistic fervor in
to glorification of a Fascism they
never knew.
The MSI platform a la Mus
solini, is:
Arming against invasion from
either East or West, rejecting
all treaties not based on "equal
ity" the Atlantic Pact, it says,
was forced on Italy and there
fore is bad-return of Trieste, re
turn of the "corporative" state
of Fascism which outlawed
strikes and socialized industry,
and a form of national Socialism
as opposed to Marxist Socialism.
The forecast for Italy is not
good. The MSI only needs to
take about 70 seats in the Ital
ian Chamber of .Deputies to give
Italy the same sort of unstable
government from which France
has been suffering.
time laws. It said Morris "did
not make a factual statement"
when he denied making any per
sonal profit from the complicat
ed transactions.
Eight surplus government
tankers were obtained by the
Casey group at fixed legal prices
totaling $12,262,000 in 1947 and
1948. But the committee said
Casey and his associates made a
gross profit of $3,250,000 in less
than three years on actual cash
investments of only $101,000.
They financed the rest through
loans and pre-arranged charters.
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